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Abronia pogonantha
Species of plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abronia pogonantha is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae)[2] known by the common name Mojave sand-verbena. It is native to California[3] and Nevada,[4] where it grows in the Mojave Desert, adjacent hills and mountains, and parts of the San Joaquin Valley in the Central Valley.[2]
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This is an annual herb producing prostrate or upright glandular stems to about half a meter long.[5] The petioled leaves are mainly oval-shaped and up to 5 centimeters long by 3 wide. The plant blooms in an inflorescence[6] of many white or pink flowers, each with a tube throat up to 2 centimeters long.[7] The fruit is a winged, heart-shaped body about half a centimeter long.[7]
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